“Asked in one of the interviews why he did not get the person arrested, Gen V K Singh said he could not understand the import of the statement and that is why he did not act against him.”

He didn’t say that, you liar! He said he didn’t get what he was saying immediately as the bribe was not offered in a straightforward manner, which is logical because sometime during a conversation, you sense something is not right but you are able to pinpoint it only when you replay the conversation and analyze it later. And as soon as Gen Singh realized it was a veiled bribe offer, he reported it to his boss.

“Gen. Singh may be liable for criminal prosecution if he did not report the bribe immediately to the police.”

He should’ve gone to a thana?? You moron? He went to his boss, didn’t he?

“The Defense Minister's lapse too must be probed. He (Singh) should be removed from his present post.”

So if defense minister was also wrong, why are you not asking him to be removed from his present post as well? Would you have reacted in a similar manner if it were a BJP govt?

“The general and the minister tacitly conspired to sit on it.”

Then why are you asking for Gen Singh’s removal only?

“He did not complain. He informed the minister, but also told the minister that he did not want to pursue the matter.”

If you are head of an organization and a woman employee comes to you sand says that another employee has threatened her in some way but she doesn’t want to pursue the matter, will you just band your head and say something inane like “such people should be kept out” and then leave it at that?

Also, Singh said he didn’t want to pursue the matter. He didn’t ask the minister to not pursue the matter.

What nonsense are you talking about! This is not a criminal case. If the Army chief had filed the FIR bypassing the minister, he would have been asked why he didn't follow the proper channel. And, on what basis would he file the case? On the basis of a conversation where, as the chief says, it was cleverly and indirectly hinted at? On top of that, the minister asks for a written complaint! As if this was some roadside rascal making that claim. Does the Army chief need to furnish a written complaint before his claim is taken seriously? Just this stupid reasoning would have convinced Singh about how serious Antony was in pursuing the case. He has done an excellent job in breaking this news to the media. At least, the whole country knows what goes on behind the closed doors. He shares some blame in not taking action earlier, but this is far outweighed by his probity and his courage in speaking the truth.

And please no more comparison with the system in the US. In the US, every high ranked official has a strong independent streak and is answerable to its constituency and not to some family. Forget poor Anthony, even our PM is a dolly!

Gen. Singh informed the minister, which is what he should have done. If he had gone ahead and filed the FIR, then he would have been accused of bypassing the civilian authority. It was more incumbent on Anthony to pursue the case. As for the issue about Gandhi family, well your affinity towards Congress is derived from your loyalty towards the family. That loyalty has thoroughly corrupted your mind so that anyone/everyone opposing the congress is either an RSS man or of a questionable character. I am surprised, however, that you haven't labeled Gen Singh as a closet sanghi. Thanks god for small mercies!

when General V.K.Singh with an impeccable record refuses to take it lying down from the government on legitimate issues ( corruption , nepotism ) with proof on his side you say he is a loose canon and these things should be taken care of behind closed doors discreetly and he should be punished for going public - for protocols are more important for you than the reason behind the act - In this instance even when he has complained to his political master ( as he was expected to based on army rules ) you are saying he "conspired" to sit on it and the politicians are not to blame

When an IPS officer , read Sanjiv Bhatt, with criminal behaviour makes unsupported claims against a chief minister of the state and claiming he was in a meeting when he was not supposed to be and discussing with media items which are supposed to be confidential you applaud his bravery and his secular credentials , it doesnt matter how long he was sitting on it even assuming his claim was true - even when his witness ( driver ) has failed to pass scrutiny .

i know you will find a way to split hair and explain the difference in these two scenarios but as long as the seculars refuse to treat issues based on merit rather than based on what is at stake for their personal agenda , they will continue to be inconsistent as they are now .Only reason I can think of for them to continue in this path , is that the seculars realize they have nothing to loose as there is no credibility for any of their arguments to be taken seriously .

Tatra gets much less than 2640 lacs Plus profits from future Repairs and spares .

We had two Taras in our Organization .Wonder full all terrain Air Cooled Vehicle .But Air Cooling does not match the extreme Indian summer conditions .Repairs ? We have to train the Engineers in Chezk Republic. Problem is with the spares which are highly costly and difficult to get .Out of two Tatra one was grounded to cannibalize for spares.Spares consumption go high with the extensive use .

We can understand enormous problems of the Army using 7000 Vehicles.

No other Vehicle can match Tatra in this price Range of Rs 40 lacs per unit.Seems that Army is not happy with these Vehicle due frequent breakdowns which is the main draw back with these machines plus problematic cooling in roasting summers of North and Rajsthan causes fatigue to operator sitting in Tandoor like conditions.It is not that C in C who tharashes or approves the performance of any Machine but it is the Ground Formations who decides if the Machine is suiatble or not for their Ops .

Gen. V K Singh had promised while taking over the Charge that he will ensure to cleanse the corruption within the Army .He did yeoman service .But he is now hemmed from all sides for this as the beneficiaries have stricken back.

It was the time the Govt should have stood like a rock behind the General who was clearing the Augustan Stables of the corruption .Unfortunately that does not seems to be .

But this is not end of the muck .We will hear more and more on this bribe issue.

Wished if genuinely honest and clean Minister Anthony had immediately moves in CBI when the General reported offer of bribe.
Incidentally we should remember that Anthony has total net worth of Rs 35 lacs.

Why the General and Anthony both honest men could not fight the battle together .Regrettable .

>> He subsequently informs his superiors and the minister who do nothing.

The general and the minister tacitly conspired to sit on it. But why should we blame the general when there is a Congress minister available to put the whole blame on? Anti-Congress politicking is all that you guys know!

Are you stupid? What does the Gandhi family have to do with this case? My view is that the Army Chief is behaving in a way that is improper and ill-advised and making headlines for issues which should be handled discreetly. If you have a different view, do express it instead of making inane comments.

>>Gen. Singh may be liable for criminal prosecution if he did not report the bribe immediately to the police.

Suppose an honest bureaucrat is offered a bribe. He subsequently informs his superiors and the minister who do nothing. According to some, the honest bureaucrat should be liable for criminal prosecution because he didn’t go to the police!

It is clear why moral standards have deteriorated so much in this country. Our moral gatekeepers will hound out honest people but those in power who allow loot and rape of the nation will be shamefully defended with excuses such as ‘coalition compulsions’.

While we are it, you should recommend dismissal of the CAG chief too. Looks like the loyalty to the Gandhi family has totally shrunk your brain in that it cannot see beyond the chappals of Amul baby and co.

To Srinivas - Calling someone an idiot is not an argument or make a point. Please desist from calling people names and cast aspersions on a person's religion. If you don't have anything useful to say, just leave it at that.

Our forum idiot once again displays his phenomenally undescribable stupidity! Man you should be ashamed of yourself. The army chief reports a bribe to the defense minister and you want him to go to thana? Where is your head? do you have one? can you get a check done? or has all the jihadi talk and congress chamchgiri caused the loss of that tint lil brain you had. Can't offer an opinion either way I always knew you as an idiot.

The only person that gave some hope that ther are still a few good people who manage to reach key positions inspite of our culture of corruption was the general .

The important news here is the reach of corruption and that the chief was offered bribe directly and more importantly him declining to accept the bribe and bringning it up to the minister .. who basically "bangs his head" and says "such people should be kept out" - may be he was referring to the chief not the one who offered the bribe - which our "team seculars" have taken upon themselves to sell to the people.

I don't know why this is news. Now, the breaking news should be about govt. dept. that **haven't** taken bribes. I am not at all surprised that the Army chief was offered a bribe. Hell, even our PM is a disposable puppet.

>> "Asked in one of the interviews why he did not get the person arrested, Gen V K Singh said he could not understand the import of the statement and that is why he did not act against him".

Gen. Singh may be liable for criminal prosecution if he did not report the bribe immediately to the police. The Defence Minister's lapse too must be probed. By reporting the bribe to the Defence Minister, the general did not absolve himself of his duty to file a criminal complaint.

The fact that the general talked about it to a newspaper reporter and created a public scandal is not good for our military forces and their morale. His taking the age issue to the Supreme Court and his talking to "The Hindu" about the bribe are examples of his being a loose cannon. He should be removed from his present post.

Army Chief Reported to Defence Minister about 18 months back or 5 months back as the time of this Bribe offering incident is not yet confirmed.

Hence the Defence Minister was in the know for all these months .

When the News broke out on TV by then no action seems to have been taken of C -in- C Report. At 15.30 hrs while Defence Minister was in LokSabha the CBI said that they have no written Report so they can't act on it .Within half hour CBI said they have received the written complaint to go ahead .

So the question arises why there is time lag of 5 months or 18 months in lodging the compalint by the Ministry ??

Soon after the story broke out our Defense Minister said the matter is serious !! My God what kind of government we have elected? Can we kick ourselves in behind? Did our Defense Minister think Mr. Singh was joking when he first brought the matter up? Now that he came out in media, all of a sudden the matter became serious?

Stupid parties are blaming Mr. Singh for not filing a court case? When your boss keeps mum about it would you go over your boss's head?, especially when you were only six months in your new position? That is what our political parties are encouraging?

Soon after the story broke out our Defense Minister said the matter is serious !! My God what kind of government we have elected? Can we kick ourselves in behind? Did our Defense Minister think Mr. Singh was joking when he first brought the matter up? Now that he came out in media, all of a sudden the matter became serious?

Stupid parties are blaming Mr. Singh for not filing a court case? When your boss keeps mum about it would you go over your boss's head?, especially when you were only six months in your new position? That is what our political parties are encouraging?

Army Chief Reported to Defence Minister about 18 months back or 5 months back as the time of this Bribe offering incident is not yet confirmed.

Hence the Defence Minister was in the know for all these months .

When the News broke out on TV by then no action seems to have been taken of C -in- C Report. At 15.30 hrs while Defence Minister was in LokSabha the CBI said that they have no written Report so they can't act on it .Within half hour CBI said they have received the written complaint to go ahead .

So the question arises why there is time lag of 5 months or 18 months in lodging the compalint by the Ministry ??

>> "Asked in one of the interviews why he did not get the person arrested, Gen V K Singh said he could not understand the import of the statement and that is why he did not act against him".

Gen. Singh may be liable for criminal prosecution if he did not report the bribe immediately to the police. The Defence Minister's lapse too must be probed. By reporting the bribe to the Defence Minister, the general did not absolve himself of his duty to file a criminal complaint.

The fact that the general talked about it to a newspaper reporter and created a public scandal is not good for our military forces and their morale. His taking the age issue to the Supreme Court and his talking to "The Hindu" about the bribe are examples of his being a loose cannon. He should be removed from his present post.

I don't know why this is news. Now, the breaking news should be about govt. dept. that **haven't** taken bribes. I am not at all surprised that the Army chief was offered a bribe. Hell, even our PM is a disposable puppet.

The only person that gave some hope that ther are still a few good people who manage to reach key positions inspite of our culture of corruption was the general .

The important news here is the reach of corruption and that the chief was offered bribe directly and more importantly him declining to accept the bribe and bringning it up to the minister .. who basically "bangs his head" and says "such people should be kept out" - may be he was referring to the chief not the one who offered the bribe - which our "team seculars" have taken upon themselves to sell to the people.

Our forum idiot once again displays his phenomenally undescribable stupidity! Man you should be ashamed of yourself. The army chief reports a bribe to the defense minister and you want him to go to thana? Where is your head? do you have one? can you get a check done? or has all the jihadi talk and congress chamchgiri caused the loss of that tint lil brain you had. Can't offer an opinion either way I always knew you as an idiot.

To Srinivas - Calling someone an idiot is not an argument or make a point. Please desist from calling people names and cast aspersions on a person's religion. If you don't have anything useful to say, just leave it at that.

While we are it, you should recommend dismissal of the CAG chief too. Looks like the loyalty to the Gandhi family has totally shrunk your brain in that it cannot see beyond the chappals of Amul baby and co.

>>Gen. Singh may be liable for criminal prosecution if he did not report the bribe immediately to the police.

Suppose an honest bureaucrat is offered a bribe. He subsequently informs his superiors and the minister who do nothing. According to some, the honest bureaucrat should be liable for criminal prosecution because he didn’t go to the police!

It is clear why moral standards have deteriorated so much in this country. Our moral gatekeepers will hound out honest people but those in power who allow loot and rape of the nation will be shamefully defended with excuses such as ‘coalition compulsions’.

Are you stupid? What does the Gandhi family have to do with this case? My view is that the Army Chief is behaving in a way that is improper and ill-advised and making headlines for issues which should be handled discreetly. If you have a different view, do express it instead of making inane comments.

>> He subsequently informs his superiors and the minister who do nothing.

The general and the minister tacitly conspired to sit on it. But why should we blame the general when there is a Congress minister available to put the whole blame on? Anti-Congress politicking is all that you guys know!

Tatra gets much less than 2640 lacs Plus profits from future Repairs and spares .

We had two Taras in our Organization .Wonder full all terrain Air Cooled Vehicle .But Air Cooling does not match the extreme Indian summer conditions .Repairs ? We have to train the Engineers in Chezk Republic. Problem is with the spares which are highly costly and difficult to get .Out of two Tatra one was grounded to cannibalize for spares.Spares consumption go high with the extensive use .

We can understand enormous problems of the Army using 7000 Vehicles.

No other Vehicle can match Tatra in this price Range of Rs 40 lacs per unit.Seems that Army is not happy with these Vehicle due frequent breakdowns which is the main draw back with these machines plus problematic cooling in roasting summers of North and Rajsthan causes fatigue to operator sitting in Tandoor like conditions.It is not that C in C who tharashes or approves the performance of any Machine but it is the Ground Formations who decides if the Machine is suiatble or not for their Ops .

Gen. V K Singh had promised while taking over the Charge that he will ensure to cleanse the corruption within the Army .He did yeoman service .But he is now hemmed from all sides for this as the beneficiaries have stricken back.

It was the time the Govt should have stood like a rock behind the General who was clearing the Augustan Stables of the corruption .Unfortunately that does not seems to be .

But this is not end of the muck .We will hear more and more on this bribe issue.

Wished if genuinely honest and clean Minister Anthony had immediately moves in CBI when the General reported offer of bribe.
Incidentally we should remember that Anthony has total net worth of Rs 35 lacs.

Why the General and Anthony both honest men could not fight the battle together .Regrettable .

when General V.K.Singh with an impeccable record refuses to take it lying down from the government on legitimate issues ( corruption , nepotism ) with proof on his side you say he is a loose canon and these things should be taken care of behind closed doors discreetly and he should be punished for going public - for protocols are more important for you than the reason behind the act - In this instance even when he has complained to his political master ( as he was expected to based on army rules ) you are saying he "conspired" to sit on it and the politicians are not to blame

When an IPS officer , read Sanjiv Bhatt, with criminal behaviour makes unsupported claims against a chief minister of the state and claiming he was in a meeting when he was not supposed to be and discussing with media items which are supposed to be confidential you applaud his bravery and his secular credentials , it doesnt matter how long he was sitting on it even assuming his claim was true - even when his witness ( driver ) has failed to pass scrutiny .

i know you will find a way to split hair and explain the difference in these two scenarios but as long as the seculars refuse to treat issues based on merit rather than based on what is at stake for their personal agenda , they will continue to be inconsistent as they are now .Only reason I can think of for them to continue in this path , is that the seculars realize they have nothing to loose as there is no credibility for any of their arguments to be taken seriously .

Gen. Singh informed the minister, which is what he should have done. If he had gone ahead and filed the FIR, then he would have been accused of bypassing the civilian authority. It was more incumbent on Anthony to pursue the case. As for the issue about Gandhi family, well your affinity towards Congress is derived from your loyalty towards the family. That loyalty has thoroughly corrupted your mind so that anyone/everyone opposing the congress is either an RSS man or of a questionable character. I am surprised, however, that you haven't labeled Gen Singh as a closet sanghi. Thanks god for small mercies!

What nonsense are you talking about! This is not a criminal case. If the Army chief had filed the FIR bypassing the minister, he would have been asked why he didn't follow the proper channel. And, on what basis would he file the case? On the basis of a conversation where, as the chief says, it was cleverly and indirectly hinted at? On top of that, the minister asks for a written complaint! As if this was some roadside rascal making that claim. Does the Army chief need to furnish a written complaint before his claim is taken seriously? Just this stupid reasoning would have convinced Singh about how serious Antony was in pursuing the case. He has done an excellent job in breaking this news to the media. At least, the whole country knows what goes on behind the closed doors. He shares some blame in not taking action earlier, but this is far outweighed by his probity and his courage in speaking the truth.

And please no more comparison with the system in the US. In the US, every high ranked official has a strong independent streak and is answerable to its constituency and not to some family. Forget poor Anthony, even our PM is a dolly!

“Asked in one of the interviews why he did not get the person arrested, Gen V K Singh said he could not understand the import of the statement and that is why he did not act against him.”

He didn’t say that, you liar! He said he didn’t get what he was saying immediately as the bribe was not offered in a straightforward manner, which is logical because sometime during a conversation, you sense something is not right but you are able to pinpoint it only when you replay the conversation and analyze it later. And as soon as Gen Singh realized it was a veiled bribe offer, he reported it to his boss.

“Gen. Singh may be liable for criminal prosecution if he did not report the bribe immediately to the police.”

He should’ve gone to a thana?? You moron? He went to his boss, didn’t he?

“The Defense Minister's lapse too must be probed. He (Singh) should be removed from his present post.”

So if defense minister was also wrong, why are you not asking him to be removed from his present post as well? Would you have reacted in a similar manner if it were a BJP govt?

“The general and the minister tacitly conspired to sit on it.”

Then why are you asking for Gen Singh’s removal only?

“He did not complain. He informed the minister, but also told the minister that he did not want to pursue the matter.”

If you are head of an organization and a woman employee comes to you sand says that another employee has threatened her in some way but she doesn’t want to pursue the matter, will you just band your head and say something inane like “such people should be kept out” and then leave it at that?

Also, Singh said he didn’t want to pursue the matter. He didn’t ask the minister to not pursue the matter.

Soon after the story broke out our Defense Minister said the matter is serious !! My God what kind of government we have elected? Can we kick ourselves in behind? Did our Defense Minister think Mr. Singh was joking when he first brought the matter up? Now that he came out in media, all of a sudden the matter became serious?

Stupid parties are blaming Mr. Singh for not filing a court case? When your boss keeps mum about it would you go over your boss's head?, especially when you were only six months in your new position? That is what our political parties are encouraging?

Our forum idiot once again displays his phenomenally undescribable stupidity! Man you should be ashamed of yourself. The army chief reports a bribe to the defense minister and you want him to go to thana? Where is your head? do you have one? can you get a check done? or has all the jihadi talk and congress chamchgiri caused the loss of that tint lil brain you had. Can't offer an opinion either way I always knew you as an idiot.

The only person that gave some hope that ther are still a few good people who manage to reach key positions inspite of our culture of corruption was the general .

The important news here is the reach of corruption and that the chief was offered bribe directly and more importantly him declining to accept the bribe and bringning it up to the minister .. who basically "bangs his head" and says "such people should be kept out" - may be he was referring to the chief not the one who offered the bribe - which our "team seculars" have taken upon themselves to sell to the people.

I don't know why this is news. Now, the breaking news should be about govt. dept. that **haven't** taken bribes. I am not at all surprised that the Army chief was offered a bribe. Hell, even our PM is a disposable puppet.

While we are it, you should recommend dismissal of the CAG chief too. Looks like the loyalty to the Gandhi family has totally shrunk your brain in that it cannot see beyond the chappals of Amul baby and co.

Army Chief Reported to Defence Minister about 18 months back or 5 months back as the time of this Bribe offering incident is not yet confirmed.

Hence the Defence Minister was in the know for all these months .

When the News broke out on TV by then no action seems to have been taken of C -in- C Report. At 15.30 hrs while Defence Minister was in LokSabha the CBI said that they have no written Report so they can't act on it .Within half hour CBI said they have received the written complaint to go ahead .

So the question arises why there is time lag of 5 months or 18 months in lodging the compalint by the Ministry ??

>>Gen. Singh may be liable for criminal prosecution if he did not report the bribe immediately to the police.

Suppose an honest bureaucrat is offered a bribe. He subsequently informs his superiors and the minister who do nothing. According to some, the honest bureaucrat should be liable for criminal prosecution because he didn’t go to the police!

It is clear why moral standards have deteriorated so much in this country. Our moral gatekeepers will hound out honest people but those in power who allow loot and rape of the nation will be shamefully defended with excuses such as ‘coalition compulsions’.

Tatra gets much less than 2640 lacs Plus profits from future Repairs and spares .

We had two Taras in our Organization .Wonder full all terrain Air Cooled Vehicle .But Air Cooling does not match the extreme Indian summer conditions .Repairs ? We have to train the Engineers in Chezk Republic. Problem is with the spares which are highly costly and difficult to get .Out of two Tatra one was grounded to cannibalize for spares.Spares consumption go high with the extensive use .

We can understand enormous problems of the Army using 7000 Vehicles.

No other Vehicle can match Tatra in this price Range of Rs 40 lacs per unit.Seems that Army is not happy with these Vehicle due frequent breakdowns which is the main draw back with these machines plus problematic cooling in roasting summers of North and Rajsthan causes fatigue to operator sitting in Tandoor like conditions.It is not that C in C who tharashes or approves the performance of any Machine but it is the Ground Formations who decides if the Machine is suiatble or not for their Ops .

Gen. V K Singh had promised while taking over the Charge that he will ensure to cleanse the corruption within the Army .He did yeoman service .But he is now hemmed from all sides for this as the beneficiaries have stricken back.

It was the time the Govt should have stood like a rock behind the General who was clearing the Augustan Stables of the corruption .Unfortunately that does not seems to be .

But this is not end of the muck .We will hear more and more on this bribe issue.

Wished if genuinely honest and clean Minister Anthony had immediately moves in CBI when the General reported offer of bribe.
Incidentally we should remember that Anthony has total net worth of Rs 35 lacs.

Why the General and Anthony both honest men could not fight the battle together .Regrettable .

when General V.K.Singh with an impeccable record refuses to take it lying down from the government on legitimate issues ( corruption , nepotism ) with proof on his side you say he is a loose canon and these things should be taken care of behind closed doors discreetly and he should be punished for going public - for protocols are more important for you than the reason behind the act - In this instance even when he has complained to his political master ( as he was expected to based on army rules ) you are saying he "conspired" to sit on it and the politicians are not to blame

When an IPS officer , read Sanjiv Bhatt, with criminal behaviour makes unsupported claims against a chief minister of the state and claiming he was in a meeting when he was not supposed to be and discussing with media items which are supposed to be confidential you applaud his bravery and his secular credentials , it doesnt matter how long he was sitting on it even assuming his claim was true - even when his witness ( driver ) has failed to pass scrutiny .

i know you will find a way to split hair and explain the difference in these two scenarios but as long as the seculars refuse to treat issues based on merit rather than based on what is at stake for their personal agenda , they will continue to be inconsistent as they are now .Only reason I can think of for them to continue in this path , is that the seculars realize they have nothing to loose as there is no credibility for any of their arguments to be taken seriously .

“Asked in one of the interviews why he did not get the person arrested, Gen V K Singh said he could not understand the import of the statement and that is why he did not act against him.”

He didn’t say that, you liar! He said he didn’t get what he was saying immediately as the bribe was not offered in a straightforward manner, which is logical because sometime during a conversation, you sense something is not right but you are able to pinpoint it only when you replay the conversation and analyze it later. And as soon as Gen Singh realized it was a veiled bribe offer, he reported it to his boss.

“Gen. Singh may be liable for criminal prosecution if he did not report the bribe immediately to the police.”

He should’ve gone to a thana?? You moron? He went to his boss, didn’t he?

“The Defense Minister's lapse too must be probed. He (Singh) should be removed from his present post.”

So if defense minister was also wrong, why are you not asking him to be removed from his present post as well? Would you have reacted in a similar manner if it were a BJP govt?

“The general and the minister tacitly conspired to sit on it.”

Then why are you asking for Gen Singh’s removal only?

“He did not complain. He informed the minister, but also told the minister that he did not want to pursue the matter.”

If you are head of an organization and a woman employee comes to you sand says that another employee has threatened her in some way but she doesn’t want to pursue the matter, will you just band your head and say something inane like “such people should be kept out” and then leave it at that?

Also, Singh said he didn’t want to pursue the matter. He didn’t ask the minister to not pursue the matter.

>> "Asked in one of the interviews why he did not get the person arrested, Gen V K Singh said he could not understand the import of the statement and that is why he did not act against him".

Gen. Singh may be liable for criminal prosecution if he did not report the bribe immediately to the police. The Defence Minister's lapse too must be probed. By reporting the bribe to the Defence Minister, the general did not absolve himself of his duty to file a criminal complaint.

The fact that the general talked about it to a newspaper reporter and created a public scandal is not good for our military forces and their morale. His taking the age issue to the Supreme Court and his talking to "The Hindu" about the bribe are examples of his being a loose cannon. He should be removed from his present post.

Gen. Singh informed the minister, which is what he should have done. If he had gone ahead and filed the FIR, then he would have been accused of bypassing the civilian authority. It was more incumbent on Anthony to pursue the case. As for the issue about Gandhi family, well your affinity towards Congress is derived from your loyalty towards the family. That loyalty has thoroughly corrupted your mind so that anyone/everyone opposing the congress is either an RSS man or of a questionable character. I am surprised, however, that you haven't labeled Gen Singh as a closet sanghi. Thanks god for small mercies!

To Srinivas - Calling someone an idiot is not an argument or make a point. Please desist from calling people names and cast aspersions on a person's religion. If you don't have anything useful to say, just leave it at that.

What nonsense are you talking about! This is not a criminal case. If the Army chief had filed the FIR bypassing the minister, he would have been asked why he didn't follow the proper channel. And, on what basis would he file the case? On the basis of a conversation where, as the chief says, it was cleverly and indirectly hinted at? On top of that, the minister asks for a written complaint! As if this was some roadside rascal making that claim. Does the Army chief need to furnish a written complaint before his claim is taken seriously? Just this stupid reasoning would have convinced Singh about how serious Antony was in pursuing the case. He has done an excellent job in breaking this news to the media. At least, the whole country knows what goes on behind the closed doors. He shares some blame in not taking action earlier, but this is far outweighed by his probity and his courage in speaking the truth.

And please no more comparison with the system in the US. In the US, every high ranked official has a strong independent streak and is answerable to its constituency and not to some family. Forget poor Anthony, even our PM is a dolly!

>> "Asked in one of the interviews why he did not get the person arrested, Gen V K Singh said he could not understand the import of the statement and that is why he did not act against him".

Gen. Singh may be liable for criminal prosecution if he did not report the bribe immediately to the police. The Defence Minister's lapse too must be probed. By reporting the bribe to the Defence Minister, the general did not absolve himself of his duty to file a criminal complaint.

The fact that the general talked about it to a newspaper reporter and created a public scandal is not good for our military forces and their morale. His taking the age issue to the Supreme Court and his talking to "The Hindu" about the bribe are examples of his being a loose cannon. He should be removed from his present post.

To Srinivas - Calling someone an idiot is not an argument or make a point. Please desist from calling people names and cast aspersions on a person's religion. If you don't have anything useful to say, just leave it at that.

>> He subsequently informs his superiors and the minister who do nothing.

The general and the minister tacitly conspired to sit on it. But why should we blame the general when there is a Congress minister available to put the whole blame on? Anti-Congress politicking is all that you guys know!

Are you stupid? What does the Gandhi family have to do with this case? My view is that the Army Chief is behaving in a way that is improper and ill-advised and making headlines for issues which should be handled discreetly. If you have a different view, do express it instead of making inane comments.

Our forum idiot once again displays his phenomenally undescribable stupidity! Man you should be ashamed of yourself. The army chief reports a bribe to the defense minister and you want him to go to thana? Where is your head? do you have one? can you get a check done? or has all the jihadi talk and congress chamchgiri caused the loss of that tint lil brain you had. Can't offer an opinion either way I always knew you as an idiot.

Soon after the story broke out our Defense Minister said the matter is serious !! My God what kind of government we have elected? Can we kick ourselves in behind? Did our Defense Minister think Mr. Singh was joking when he first brought the matter up? Now that he came out in media, all of a sudden the matter became serious?

Stupid parties are blaming Mr. Singh for not filing a court case? When your boss keeps mum about it would you go over your boss's head?, especially when you were only six months in your new position? That is what our political parties are encouraging?